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SIMEON C. LANLOR, OF DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

WINDQiNf-GLEANHNG APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 716,442, datedDecember 23, 1902.

Application filed July 24, 1 901 To all whom, 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMEON O. LAWLOR, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing atV Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VindowCleaningApparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable oth ersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for washing windows,and especially to apparatus which is adapted for washing the outside ofwindows from the inside of a room or building; and it consists in awindow-washer having a handle-bar adapted to be movably mounted in awindow-frame, a standard pivoted to its outer end, animplement carryingsleeve movably mounted on the standard, a head carried by the standard,and a spring-actuated drum or pulley mounted in the said head andconnected with the sleeve for normally pulling the sleeve upwardly,together with means for pulling the sleeve down against the action ofthe said drum for reciprocating the washing implement.

It also consists in certain other novel constructions, combinations, andarrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described andclaimed.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved window-washer, a portion ofthe same being broken away and shown in section to better reveal theconstruction of the parts. Fig. 2 is a detailY sectional view throughthe standard of therwasher looking down upon the movable sleeve mountedthereon. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view similar to Fig. 2, butshowing an adjustable means of securing the collar to the sleeve uponthe standard. Fig. i is an enlarged detail sectional view through thelatch mechanism employed for securing the washing-tools to the movablesleeve. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional View through one end of the rod orbar for supporting the window-washer in place in the Window-frame. Fig.6 is a similar detail sectional View of the said rod, showing the sameas separated for the reception of a lengthening-section. Fig. '7 is adetail view of a joint interposed be- Adrumvll.

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tween the handle-bar of the Washer and the standard thereof.

The present invention is designed to supply a window-Washer which can bemade in a light and inexpensive manner, and yet which will be capable ofwashing the outside and the inside of a Window from the interior of a:room or building, and it is made up of a supporting-bar 1, adapted tobe secured in the window-frame, a handle-bar 2, movably mounted thereon,and a vertical standard 3, carried by the said handle-bar. Thehandle-bar may be made of wood or other light material for the greaterpart of its length, being provided with a metallic sleeve 3a, adjustablysecured thereto, for holding the bar movably on the supporting-rod 1,and an end metallic socket, as 4E, to which a metallic socket 5 at thelower end of the standard 3 is pivoted. The socket 5 is connected withthe socket 4: by any suitable adjustable joint, as at 6. ,I preferablyemploy at this point, however, a joint such as that shown at a similarpoint upon an apparatus claimed and described by me in an applicationfor a patent, Serial No. 60,379, led May 15, 1901. l may, however,employ at this point a joint like that shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings,in which yone member carries a notched disk, as 7, which is engaged by aspring-operated latch S, carried by the other member.

The standard 3 may be formed of a wooden rod carried by the socket 5 ormay be made of a hollow tube or other light material, as may bepreferred. The upper end of the said standard 3 carries an enlargedheadhousing, as 9, in which is journaled upon a horizontal pin or shaft10a fianged pulley or The said drum is preferably hollow, and a flatcoil-spring, as 12, is `arranged therein, similar to'a clock-spring, oneend of said spring being attached to the inner periphery of the saiddrum or pulley, While the other end thereof is secured to the journalshaft or pin 10 of the pulley. The housing 9 is preferably closed,except at the front lower portion thereof. An implement carrying sleeve,as 13, is movably mounted on the standard 3 and connected, by means of acord 14, with Athe said pulley or drum 11. The spring of the said drumis adapted to Wind u p the said cord thereon for normally raising ICOthe sleeve of the said standard. The hous ing 9 is preferably formedwith a rubber or other soft or elastic buer, as 15, on its mostforwardly projecting portion, so that if the washer should beaccidentally thrown against a pane of glass in a Ywindow it would notbreak the same. The sleeve 13 ts loosely ou the standard 3 and ispreferably formed with a spline 16, which may be brought into engagementwith grooves 17, formed in the standard 3. The said grooves 17 arepreferably dialnetrically opposite to each other, so that when theoutside of a window is being Washed the sleeve may be arranged in themanner shown in Fig. 1, the spline 16 then engaging the groove I7 on theouter side of the standard. By removing the spline 16 from the saidgroove the sleeve may be turned on the said standard until thewindow-washing tool carried thereby projects in adiametrically oppositedirection from the direction shown in Fig. 1. In this position thespline 16 will engage a groove 17 on the inner side of the standard 3.In order to make the spline 16 easily adjustable, it is hinged, as at18, to the sleeve 13 and is provided with a knob or handle 19, by whichit may be drawn out of the groove in the standard 3. By lifting thespline upon its pivotal point the sleeve will be released from onegroove and may be turned in the opposite direction. The sleeve 13 isformed with a laterally-projecting hollow slot, as 20, adapted toreceive the ends of window-washing implements. A sleeve, as 21,surrounds the said projection and is formed with a spring-actuatedlatchpin 22, which not only holds the sleeve in position on saidprojection, but is adapted to engage apertures 23 in the stems ofwindow- Washing implements for holding them in place in said socket.bearings in a projecting casing 24, extending from the sleeve 21. Acoil-spring 25 in said casing normally holds the bolt in its upperlocked position. The lower end of said bolt or pin 22 is formed with aneye, to which is attached an operating-cord 26 for pulling the sleevedownwardly. The cord passes around a pulley 27, secured to the socket 5,and thence to a point within easy reach for the operator of the device.The cord 14 for lifting the sliding sleeve on the standard is attachedto an eye 28 on the sleeve 21. When the position of the sliding sleevecarrying the irnplemeuts for washing Windows is reversed on the saidstandard, the cords 14 and 26 are attached, respectively, to eyes 29 and30, formed on the sliding sleeve 13. Where the bolt 22 passes throughthe projecting socket 20, an elongated slot, as 31, extendingperipherally of said socket, is formed. The extent of this slot 31 canbe readily seen by reference to Fig. 4 in the drawings. By the use ofthis slot the washing implement instead of being Started in a downwarddirection on the window-pane in a horizontal position can be s et at anyangle before the cord 26 is actuated The latch-pin 22 findsto pull itdown, and the pressure of the spring 25 will be sufficient to cause theimplement` and sleeve 21 to turn slowly back to its normal position whensaid cord is pulled downwardly. Thus a window having curved corners canbe reached by a brush or rubber, the said implementbeing turned at anangle for part of its operation for thoroughly cleaning every part ofthe curved corners.

Itis sometimes desirable to make the sleeve 13 adjustable and especiallywhen the standard 3 is formed of wood and liable to swell or shrinkunder differentweather conditions. In sucha case I form the sleeve 13 ofdivided parts, as seen in Fig. 3, which are formed withoutwardly-extending lugs 32, adapted to be drawn together by screws orbolts 33 to a greater or less tightness upon the said standard, as foundneedful.

The rod 1 for supporting the washer in place in the window is preferablyhollow and formed with hollow end sections, as 34, which areinteriorlythreaded and adaptedto receive screw-rods, as 35. The said rods 35 carryframe-engaging shoes 36. Their outer ends may be, if desired, padded orotherwise provided with a frictional engaging surface.

As shown in the drawings, a rubber cushion, as 37, may be carried by thesaid screws. The said screws also have pivotally suspended from themspacing-rods 38 for holding the screws at the same height on each sideof the window-frame. The screw-rods 35 in the opposite end of thesupporting-rod 1 are preferably oppositely threaded, so that by turningthe said rod 1 the screws will be forced outwardly against the frame ofthe window. The end sections 34 are adapted to slip over centralsplicing-rods 39, secured to the main body portion of the rod 1. Theserods 39 are preferably secured in position by means of a pin or bolt 40at one end, the other end being left free to slip into the adjacentsection. The sleeve 41 is adapted to be slid over the meeting ends ofthe adjacent sections of the rod for rmly holding them in position. Byremoving the end section 34 from such a joint an intermediatelengthening-section may be interposed between the parts foraccommodating the said supporting-rod to windows of greater width thanthose in ordinary use.

The parts of the apparatus above described will be found to be simple inconstruction and capable of being made in light form and are yet easy ofmanipulation for the purpose of washing windows.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A Window-washer comprising a handlebar, a standard mounted thereon, asliding sleeve upon the standard formed of divisible parts and providedwith means for clamping the parts about the standard, means for securingwashing-tools to the sleeve, and means for reciprocating the sleeve,substantially as described.

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A Window-washer comprising a horizontal handle-bar, formed with sectionsand sockets for holding said sections in position, a standard pivotedupon the handle-bar, sockets interposed between said handle-bar andstandard, and forming the mem bers of a joint connecting them,means foradjusting the said joint so that the angle of the standard with respectto the handle-bar may be varied, a sleeve for carrying a window-washingtool Inovably mounted on said standard, and means for raising andlowering the sleeve thereon, substantially as described.

3. 'A window-washer comprising a handlebar, a standard pivoted to theouter end thereof, a hollow housing mounted at the upper end of saidstandard, a hollow drum mounted upon a horizontal shaft in said housing,a iiat spring arranged within the drum and connecting the sleeve withthe spring-actuated drum, whereby the said sleeve will be normally drawnupwardly on the standard, and means for pulling the sleeve downwardlyagain whereby a window-washing implement may be reciprocated against thesurface of the window, substantially as described.

4. A window-washer comprising a handle, a standard mounted thereon, atwo-part sleeve slidably surrounding the same, said parts being formedwith outwardly-extending lugs, screws rem ovablj7 securing said lugstogether, means for securing window-washing tools to the sleeve, andmeans for reciprocating the sleeve, substantially as described.

5. A window-washer comprising a handlebar, and a standard, a sleevemoving upon the said standard, a spline carried by the said sleeve toengage one or more grooves formed in the standard, whereby thewindow-washing tools may be guided in different directions upon the saidstandard, and means for reciprocating the sleeve on the said standard,substantially as described.

6. A window-washer comprising a handlebar, a standard pivoted thereto, asleeve movably mounted on the standard, means for reciprocating thesleeve on said standard, a hinged spline carried by the sleeve andadapted to engage grooves in the standard for controlling the travel ofthe window-washing implements, substantially as described.

7. A window-washer comprising a handlebar, a standard and a slidingsleeve mounted on said standard, a lateral projection on the sleeve forreceiving the ends of window-washing implements, and a latch for holdingthe said implements in said projection together with means forreciprocating the sleeve on said standard, substantially as described.

8. A window-washer comprising a handlebar, a standard pivoted thereon, areciprocating sleeve on the standard, a laterally-extending hollowprojection on the sleeve for holding window-washing tools, aspring-pressed bolt or latch mounted on said projection and adapted toextend through a slot formed therein, the said bolt engaging thewindowwashing tools for holding them in the hollow projection, and meansconnected with the sleeve for reciprocating it on the standard,substantially as described.

9. A window-washer comprising a handlebar, a standard mounted thereon, asleeve reciprocating on the said standard, and having alaterally-projecting socket for receiving washing implements, a sleeveor collar surrounding said socket, a spring-pressed bolt carried by saidsleeve and projecting through an elongated slot formed in the socket,the said bolt engaging a recess in the stem of the window-washing tool,the slot permitting of the tool turning to diiferent angles in thesocket, and means connected with the sleeve on the socket for raisingand lowering the window-washing implements, substantially as described.

l0. In a window-washer the combination with a handle-bar, and astandard, of a rod or bar for supporting the same in the Windowframe,the said bar being formed of hollow rod-sections suitably connectedtogether, oppositely-threaded screws projecting into the end sections ofsaid bar, and carrying shoes at their ends, frictional pads on saidshoes, spacing standards or rods hinged to the said shoes for regulatingthe height thereof on the window-frame, substantially as described.

ll. In a window-washer the combination of a handle-bar and a standard,of a rod or bar for supporting the washer in the windowframe, said rodbeing formed of hollow tubular sections jointed together, the saidjoints being formed of an internal rod fitting the bore of the tubularsections, means for securing the said rods to one section and a sleevefor slipping upo'n the said joints and holding the parts in position,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

SIMEON C. LAWLOR.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. WATSON, S. I-I. Ecrit/IAN.

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